BENEFITS APPROXIMATELY 40% OF DYSLEXIC SUFFERERS
Colorimetery
Colorimetery is a technique which uses specific colours to help with children’s reading difficulties, including dyslexia.
It appears to benefit approximately 40% of dyslexic sufferers. The coloured filters appear to be very specific to each individual and there are more than 2500 individual colour combinations that can be prescribed.
The Colorimetery clinic is held on one Saturday per month at the Newton Abbot practice. Our Colorimetery specialist is Lesley-Anne Baxter who was formerly the head orthoptist at Torbay Hospital's Eye Department. She is an expert in children’s eyes and holds a degree in dyslexia and colour. The appointment would consist of a full orthoptic check (making sure the right and left eye muscles are well balanced and capable of tracking words on a page) and then a Colorimetery assessment would look at helping any reading problems with the coloured filters. If it is found that this does help then the prescribed colour can be put into a pair of spectacles. If it is not so clear whether the filters would help solve the reading issues then coloured overlays would be used on a temporary basis to continue the assessment.
Unfortunately there is no NHS funding for Colorimetery so you would need to pay privately. The fees are as follows:
Full Initial Assessment.....................................£50
Follow Up appointments..................................£25
Coloured Overlays............................................£2 per sheet
(this would then be refunded when the overlays are returned)
Spectacles complete with Colorimetery tint......£90